Consumer perceptions of traceability: A cross-national comparison of the associated benefits

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 452-464

  van Rijswijk, Wendy ^a   Frewer, Lynn J ^a   Menozzi, Davide ^b   Faioli, Giusi ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumer; Food quality; Food safety; Laddering; Means end chain; Traceability

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949141696     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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